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Dysregulation at Home

January 17, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Dysregulation at Home

During one of the recent snow days home, my kids were getting really sick of being cooped up inside and struggling to be able to play with one another successfully. They both needed more space […]

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Rage For No Reason

January 16, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Rage For No Reason

We came back from the usual 2-week holiday break, and then had school cancelled for an entire week due to snow and road conditions. So, when my kids went back to school yesterday (with a […]

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My Brain Won’t Stop

April 23, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on My Brain Won’t Stop

One thing went wrong. And it led to another. And it was too many things. And he was MAD. I carried him into his room so that we would have a safe space to melt […]

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A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

March 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

My son was feeling a little bit “out of whack” (that’s usually the least-jargony way I can describe the word “dysregulated”). He was picking at everyone in the family, emotionally, verbally. He pushed his sister, […]

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bestdayever

September 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on bestdayever

My old typewriter has been an option in the room for a few weeks now, but writing feels like a threat to him. Even typing feels adult-dictated. Even typing on something fun. It always just […]

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Survive.

February 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Survive.

One of the most asked questions that I ever get—both in comment form, and in email form. I finally took the time to really write out a very long post answering it. Q: How can […]

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